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BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of July 16, 2025

Here are only a few of the many bright spots.

Sister March at Colonial Theatre draws throngs from across the Berkshires

Event organizers made a goal to bring in 100 sister marchers at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Mass. The event website got 450 RSVPs and expectations rose to 600 and, nearing the end, the clicker count had stretched to at least 1,500.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; Chesterwood/Boston Athenaeum collaboration; Ghana ThinkTank at WCMA; American Brass Quintet at Hotchkiss; Gabriel Squalia book launch; Deborah Hanlon...

Williams College Museum of Art commissioned the project with Ghana ThinkTank as part of the 2016–17 campus-wide academic program called “Confronting Climate Change,” a series of events, talks, and initiatives aimed at raising issues around climate change.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Icons, Artists & Divas’ at Sohn Fine Art; ‘An Evening in the Country;’ Rita Rudner at the Colonial; Susan Dworkin book...

Pythagoras Theatre Works will present two plays adapted from short stories by Edith Wharton and adapted by playwright and Shakespeare & Company founding member Dennis Krausnick, including cast members Corinna May, Diane Prusha, and David Joseph.

Bits & Bytes: Adam Ezra Group; First Fridays Artswalk; Joe Goodwin solo show; ‘Sembene!’; ‘A Mitzvah for Berkshire County Kids’ Place;’ 5k run/walk; bird...

The feature-length documentary “Sembene!” tells the story of the “father of African cinema,” self-taught novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembéne, who fought a 50-year battle to give African stories to Africans.

Bits & Bytes: BFWW closing weekend; MGRSD spring musical; Oakes and Smith EP release; bird nest workshop; Ghent Playhouse auditions

The Mt. Greylock high School production of 'Nice Work If You Can Get it' involves more than 40 members of MGRSD’s student body as actors, singers, pit musicians, and crew.

CEWM at the Mahaiwe; Rachel Siegel in ‘Special;’ potholder rug class; WordXWord poetry & story slams; Jacob’s Pillow auditions in Los Angeles; Olana receives...

Created and performed by playwright and actress Rachel Siegel, "Special" is based on personal experience and interviews with mothers of children with special needs.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; DCSC March line-up; Ethan Frome talk; Jonathan Weiner at Williams; dementia, Alzheimer’s talk

The Down County Social Club (DCSC) will present area performers in its March line-up of events, beginning with the acoustic ensemble Quiet in the Head on Thursday March 3.

Bits & Bytes: Fifth annual 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival; Chinese New Year celebration; Ramsdell Library Sundays; Williams diversity series; EP from Oakes and Smith

Week Five of winter Sunday afternoons at Ramsdell Public Library, the focus will be on the suffragette movement in the United States and Great Britain.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Facing Our Truth’; Healthy Heart Night; First Fridays Artswalk; ‘Behind Closed Doors;’ ‘A Mitzvah for the Berkshire Kids Place’

"Facing Our Truth": Reflecting on race relations in the United States, this collection of one-acts was inspired by events surrounding the Trayvon Martin case.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Jingle Jangle’ at Olana; BFWW writing retreat; holiday story slam; second bus to UNLOCK added

WordXWord will wrap up 2015 with a story slam at the Whitney Center for the Arts on Sunday, December 20 at 3 p.m. Storytellers are invited to share their five-minute true stories related to the theme “strange holiday.”

Bits & Bytes: Mahaiwe holiday programs; OLLI open house; new Simon’s Rock provost; Upstreet Holiday Festival; Berkshire Grown farmers’ markets

Bard College President Leon Botstein has announced the appointment of Dr. Ian Bickford, Simon's Rock ‘95, as provost of Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Bickford will begin his term in January, succeeding Dr. Peter Laipson.
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